Name of parent organization (if applicable): Baltimore Metropolitan Council

Title of person to which library or information center director reports: Executive Director

Is your information center a member of a Transportation Knowledge Network?: Not an TKN member

Do you provide access to your information collection to the general public (either on-site or on-line, with or without a fee)?: Yes

Describe any special conditions for accessing your resources or services (e.g. by appointment, affiliations required): By appointment only.

Provide a description of your information collection: The Regional Information Center is a library operated as a partnership between the Baltimore Metropolitan Council and the Enoch Pratt Free Library (Baltimore City's public library system).

What are the particular subject strengths of your collection?: The collection includes regional and urban planning materials with a focus on local demographic information, economic development, transportation planning, land use and environmental issues. It also serves as an archive of reports published by the BMC and its predecessor agencies.

Does your staff have access to commercial (for fee) information databases – either directly or through your parent organization?: Yes

Do you offer your patrons access to commercial (for fee) information databases – either remotely or within your library?: Yes

Please list the major commercial information databases to which your library subscribes.: Access to databases through relationship with public library: General Proquest, various Gale databases, National Newspapers, Reference USA, others

Library Services and Affiliations

In what year was the library first established?: 1970

What days and hours are library services provided?: Monday-Friday, 8:30 am-4:30 pm

If your library produces an online newsletter or other form of outreach publication, please provide a link or enter the name of the publication.:

OCLC Code (if applicable):

What percentage of your collection is cataloged in OCLC with your library’s symbol?: